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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico would gradually set aside up to $5 million to help remediate damaged or polluted state trust lands under a bill approved by the House of Representatives.

The House voted Thursday to create the State Trust Lands Restoration and Remediation Fund.

The restoration fund was first proposed by Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn as his agency grappled with waste-water spills by a financially troubled oil-well company. The fund could be tapped to clean up illegal dumping, restore watersheds from wildfire damage or deal with invasive plant species.

The bill diverts 1 percent of revenues from the state’s land maintenance fund, or roughly $580,000 a year.

The maintenance fund receives money from activities ranging from cattle grazing to oil extraction. It is the source of the State Land Office’s operating budget.